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I have successfully compiled my code and can run my MUD
locally. I can log in, locally.

How do I set it up so that the MUD can be connected by others?
It has been over a decade since I've done any of this, GOOGLE
isn't helping much, and I'm at wits end!

Thanks everyone!

As far as the MUD is concerned, you should be able to just
give out your internet IP (or name if you have a DNS entry
for you XP box) and port (note that if this is your home
computer, the IP may change unless you have a solid static
IP). If you have a firewall you will have to open the port
there though. I have always done my main coding with MSVC
in windows, and tested it there and have never had any
problems having others log on to see things.

There are a fair number of services, such as DynDns (dyndns.com), that offer free dynamic hostnames. You can get an account and a program that will keep your current ip address updated so the address should work most of the time.

Ditto to the previous post. You can use a Dynamic DNS service to keep your domain name in sync with your non-static address.

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2136.txt

You didn't say which codebase.

For the one I maintain, this is the FAQ I provide when people ask that question:

http://dead-souls.net/ds-admin-faq.html#129

-Crat